Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ Crime Grade
How Hamilton Township, Mercer County grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New Jersey — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
7/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ was 160.2 per 100,000 residents (151 incidents over a population of 94,259). That puts Hamilton Township, Mercer County Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 17% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hamilton Township, Mercer County (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hamilton Township, Mercer County vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 249.5(225) | 222.1(203) | 233.6(214) | 182.9(171) | 160.2(151) |
| Murder | 6.7(6) | 1.1(1) | 1.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.1(2) |
| Rape | 27.7(25) | 21.9(20) | 26.2(24) | 21.4(20) | 13.8(13) |
| Robbery | 46.6(42) | 59.1(54) | 37.1(34) | 40.6(38) | 28.6(27) |
| Aggravated assault | 168.5(152) | 140.0(128) | 169.2(155) | 120.9(113) | 115.6(109) |
| Property crime | 1560.0(1,407) | 1806.2(1,651) | 2205.1(2,020) | 2352.2(2,199) | 1979.7(1,866) |
| Burglary | 242.8(219) | 184.9(169) | 170.3(156) | 166.9(156) | 143.2(135) |
| Larceny | 1180.8(1,065) | 1497.7(1,369) | 1866.7(1,710) | 1988.5(1,859) | 1675.2(1,579) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 128.6(116) | 119.2(109) | 167.0(153) | 192.5(180) | 160.2(151) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Hamilton Township, Mercer County's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New Jersey cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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